Radical Students by Alan Barcan - ISBN: 9780522876963
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Australian university students clash over politics, idealism, and social justice.

Radical Students

The Old Left at Sydney University

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  • Paperback

    277 pages

  • Release Date

    4 August 2002

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Summary

Radical Students will stir the blood of those who were there, and make stimulating reading for those Australians who care about education, politics and liberal thought.

From the 1920s to the 1960s the Australian Left struggled to make ideological sense of the Great Depression, the growth of fascism and militarism overseas, World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War and fear of communism. All these issues found expression on the campus of Australia’s oldest university, where ardent yo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522876963
ISBN-10:052287696X
Author:Alan Barcan
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:277
Release Date:4 August 2002
Weight:596g
Dimensions:235mm x 145mm x 21mm
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About The Author

Alan Barcan

Dr. Alan Barcan is an Honorary Associate of the Faculty of Education, University of Newcastle, having retired as Associate Professor in Education in 1986. He has written a number of books on Australian education. When a radical student, he was co-editor of Honi Soit (1946) and general secretary of the National Union of Australian University Students (1946-48).

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